Experienced startup CTO originally from New York and now in Kenya with extensive knowledge around Internet application architecture, hiring, management, as well as product design methods.
I can discuss best practices from a technology and product development perspective both and am well versed in the East African technology industry.

I help people understand and use business models enabled by free open source software, cryptography, and common sense. This includes GNU/Linux, server & desktop software and Bitcoin.
I am a freelance consultant and entrepreneur fluent in English, French and Spanish, based in Montreal ( http://legoutdulibre.com ). I founded my first company in 1987 and still code for fun & profit. As the Chief Ambassador at the Bitcoin Embassy I designed and hosted over 80 Bitcoin workshops.
I am actively involved in various social and technological projects of international significance as a strong proponent of software freedom and web autonomy, including Debian, Trisquel, LibreOffice and Mozilla.

I lead the development, implementation, and management of strategic and tactical digital marketing programs in order to achieve financial growth.
Develop a strategy (that includes paid and earned media) to improve awareness, engagement, drive web traffic, new customer acquisition (Enterprise, Startup, NonProfits), account growth (Cross-Sell/Up-Sell), and support customer retention.
Write briefs, develop integrated communications plans, and establish KPI’s and optimization plans.
Execute strategy across digital channels in a manner that is integrated with broader marketing communications efforts.
Extend and amplify strategy and impact through owned channels, including websites and social media as well as other organizations and partners.

CEO of early stage startup, strong technical background in Java, C, C++, C#, database design, SQL, and Linux. I have some design chops and I love hard technical challenges. Contact me if you need some technical advice or an architecture review. I have code in the Linux kernel, I specialize in backend processing, and am a halfway decent frontend developer. I've currently bootstrapping my startup, so if you want to talk about challenges related to that I'm also open to talk about my experience.